Looks like Dierks Bentley is trying to keep up with his wife (she runs the Boston Marathon every year) as he took on the Spartan
Race last weekend. Looks like he’s also enjoying his downtime by letting that beard grow out!

Jacksonville has some extra big Tim &amp; Faith fans. The duo was there on one of their Soul 2 Soul Stops not to long ago
and to thank them for stopping by, and to celebrate Faith Hill’s 50th birthday, Amazing Grace Crop Maze made a very interesting
Corn Maze. The photo is below…

Happy Birthday
@FaithHill! You were a-MAZE-ing in Jax last weekend! Can't wait for you to be back in FL on your
#Soul2Soul tour!
pic.twitter.com/NvlNUoJtGi
— AmazingGraceCropMaze (@AGcropmaze)
September 21, 2017

Dustin Lynch’s single “Small Town Boy” has held the top spot of the
Billboard Country Airplaychart for a fourth consecutive week, making it the chart’s longest-running No. 1 of 2017. Aside from setting a new personal
record for Dustin, the song also has the distinction of drawing the largest audience for a one-week period. The song becomes
the chart’s first four-week #1 since the reign of Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” in January of 2016.

Fans can see Lynch perform “Small Town Boy” on CBS’
The Talk on October 6 at 2:00 PM ET.

It was a huge week at the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee, especially for country music fans
because they were in for a big surprise during
Justin Timberlake’s headlining set on Saturday night (9/23). While JT was performing,
Chris Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, joined him onstage to sing “Tennessee Whiskey.” The powerful performance was a reprisal of their epic
collaboration at the 2015 CMA Awards in Nashville, where Stapleton swept all three categories he was nominated in. The video
of their Saturday night performance can be seen below… (note: video contains harsh language).

Kelly Clarkson has opened up about why she decided to become a judge on
The Voice in 2018 — despite the fact that she was discovered on rival show
American Idol‘s first-ever season. “Think of how
I felt,” she tells
Entertainment Tonight about fans’ surprised reaction to the choice. “[But] I’ve been in talks with
The Voice about doing stuff for years. It’s a family decision too, for us. Like, my husband [Brandon Blackstock] manages Blake [Shelton]
so we’re all in one place and it’s going to be good. And I’m excited, ya’ll.” Clarkson goes on to say that there are no hard
feelings between her and
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest. “We’ve never been on, like, opposing networks and so it was funny,” she admits. “We had a good laugh about
it.”

The “Pretty Little Liars” actress
recently called out a body-shaming man on Twitter when he tweeted a cruel comment in response to a photo she posted. The photo, posted on Friday evening, features
Hale sitting a chair looking upwards with a quote from “Poltergeist”: “Don’t go into the light, Carol Anne.”
The troll responded to Hale’s photo, writing: “No straight men are signing off on that anorexic look ― that’s for gay guys
&amp; fashionistas, we want you to please eat a hamburger.”
https://twitter.com/lucyhale/status/911354540531658752/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountry.goodpartsmedia.com%2Fposts%2F254091
https://twitter.com/TeddyHiFive/status/911366027497426945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountry.goodpartsmedia.com%2Fposts%2F254091
The 28-year-old actress responded to troll Teddy Forte by reminding him that she used to struggle with anorexia and she “doesn’t
take these comments lightly.”
“I am disgusted that a man would even think of saying these absolutely awful words to a woman,” Hale added. “You should be
ashamed of yourself.
As someone who used to struggle with anorexia, I don't take these comments lightly. Im healthy and happy and you don't know
me.
— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale)
September 22, 2017
So keep your repulsive comments to yourself.
— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale)
September 22, 2017
I am disgusted that a man would even think of saying these absolutely awful words to a woman. You should be ashamed of yourself.
— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale)
September 22, 2017
So keep your repulsive comments to yourself.
— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale)
September 22, 2017
Just another insecure man hiding behind a computer screen. Boy BYE.
— Lucy Hale (@lucyhale)
September 23, 2017

Sept. 8th was a huge day in Country Music. We lost two huge parts of the industry. Don Williams and Troy Gentry. Troy was
one half of the country duo Montgomery Gentry and MG was coming up on their 20 year anniversary of being a duo. They were
celebrating their 20 years by putting together a brand new album of all new music. Unfortunately, Troy passed away before
the album could be released. Since Sept 8th, we haven’t heard from Eddie Montgomery at all regarding his band mate. He has
kept to himself and has been grieving in private but for the first time in 3 weeks, he has broken his silence on the death
of his bandmate.

Montgomery sent the message to country radio programmers along with the latest Montgomery Gentry single, “Better Me,” the
first track from a full album the duo completed before Gentry was killed in a helicopter crash on September 8.

“I want to thank everyone for their support and prayers,” Montgomery said (via
The Boot). “Our world was turned upside down in an instant, and nothing could have prepared us for this.”

“I think [this new album] is the best record of our career,” he added. “‘Better Me’ is a song we all loved, and Troy sings
his a– off on it. It speaks volumes about his life and who he had become and everyone he touched and how much he loved his
family. I am so proud of this song, and also to call [Gentry] my friend, my family, my brother for 30 years.”

Halloween has really SKYROCKETED in popularity over the past decade or so . . . and it just keeps getting bigger.
The National Retail Federation just released its annual report on Halloween, and this year, Americans are going to spend $9.1
BILLION . . . which is up 8.3% from last year, and an all-time record.
That’s also almost THREE TIMES more than 2005, when we spent $3.3 billion. So if you use our spending as a sign of how much
we like Halloween, that means it’s tripled in popularity in 12 years. Which look at the photos below of some of the housing
decorations people are doing these days! We definitely have some Halloween lovers here in America.
So how will we spend all that money this year?

$3.4 billion will go to costumes (which makes sense because costumes get more expensive and more intricate every year). .
.

$2.7 billion on candy (because we eat a bag before Halloween even gets here and have to replace it). . .

$410 million on greeting cards.
The study also found that 71% of people plan on handing out candy this year . . . 49% will decorate their house . . . 48%
will wear a costume . . . 46% will carve a pumpkin . . . 35% will go to a party . . . and 31% will take their kids trick-or-treating.

In light of the fall holiday spirit, Dylan Scott
is getting is getting the Christmas feelings going little early this year, announcing the release of his first holiday EP
on October 13. Titled simply
Merry Christmas
, the new EP will feature Scott’s renditions of five traditional Christmas songs, including ‘Winter Wonderland,” “Jingle Bell
Rock,” “The Christmas Song,” “White Christmas,” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.” He wants to make the Christmas feel last
a little longer than usual this year, which we aren’t complaining one bit! October was about the time that Chris Young and
Brett Eldredge released their Christmas albums last year.
Dylan says, “Christmas is my favorite time of the year, and I am really excited about the release of my first Christmas EP.
I grew up listening to the holiday classics and to be able to record and perform some of these songs is a dream come true.”

When you are as big of an artist as Maren Morris, you have a professional style you. You have a wardrobe that your professional
stylist has picked out based on what is trendy and what looks best on you. But Maren Morris, before she got a where she is
got inspiration from an actress we all know very well, Miss Kate Hudson! Maren says,
“I’ve always said like my fashion muse has been Kate Hudson because I feel like she sort of goes throughout the decades fashionwise
and just kind of pulls everything off really effortlessly. But you can’t really…it’s just her style. She’s not like boho,
she’s not like hippie…it’s just she always like rocks whatever she’s wearing and looks really confident in it.”
So after she says that it’s very clear that even with a professional stylist, as long as she rocks whatever she wears with
confidence, Maren Morris will always be channeling Kate Hudson in her outfits!
You can see a resemblance in outfits here…

According to TMZ, Luke Bryan has confirmed that he is “in” for the next season of American Idol. He will be joining Katy Perry
on the newly defined American Idol on ABC. Keith Urban, Lionel Richie and Charlie Puth were all thought of for the position
but according to TMZ Idol wanted Luke Bryan “really badly” but they couldn’t agree on money. New reports say he has confirmed
and agreed to the show but hasn’t signed any contracts yet, so obviously things could still change. TMZ reached out to Luke
Bryan’s people to get an update but no response yet.

When your husband is one half of one of country music’s hottest duos, you’ve got to expect he’s going to sing to you on your
birthday, right?

That’s what happened to Abby Smyers, the wife of Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers, during the duo’s recent show in Pennsylvania. The
moment was clearly unplanned, as you can see in this video.

Dan says to the crowd, “My beautiful wife Abigail is here with us tonight, and tonight is her birthday. Would it be OK if
I brought her onstage? She doesn’t know this is going to happen. She’s going to kick my ass. She’s shaking her head. Look
how pretty she looks!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZHsNy7Hpm8/?hl=en&amp;taken-by=dansmyers

Abby shyly makes her way to the stage, and Dan makes it clear he is absolutely smitten with his new bride. The couple wed
in May, so this was her first birthday as Mrs. Smyers.

“I outkicked my coverage on that one,” he says.

The crowd then joins Dan + Shay for a raucous rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

Dan + Shay’s set also included their latest hit, “Road Trippin’,” from their sophomore album, “Obsessed.” Check out the video
for that song below.

When Carrie Underwood starts off the caption of a photo with “How is this my life?” you know that something amazing happened
to her. Which it did! Reba celebrated her 40th Opry Anniversary last night (Friday 9/22) with Dolly Parton, Vince Gill and
Carrie Underwood. This was a huge deal for Carrie. She captioned the rest of the post with ” I got to be part of this crew
celebrating
@reba ‘s 40th anniversary of her first
@opryappearance! Three legends…and me!!! So many dreams came true tonight!
#OnlyAtTheOpry@dollyparton@vincegillofficial ❤️❤️❤️” Then she posted another photo of the 4 of them, still fan-girling over the stars she was with that eventing, with
the caption “Ok, just one more pic…❤️❤️
@reba@dollyparton@vincegillofficial at the
@opry celebrating Reba’s 40th anniversary of her first Opry performance! Pretty sure we’re all besties now.”

Brett Eldredge pours his heart into everything he does, but even he admits he poured a little more of that tender heart than
usual in his new single, “The Long Way.”

“The song is about making a new relationship, and that connection you feel when you find magic together,” Brett said in a
recent interview with Rare Country. “It struck a chord with me. There is just something about that vulnerability, and I have
just never heard that vulnerability in a love song until now. I have never gone there in terms of that kind of depth before.”

But he has now, and the song is already becoming a fan favorite from his self-titled his new album. And it looks as if he’s
going to make some new fans with not only the song, but also with casting choice to serve as his love interest in the video
for the song. It’s budding actress and “Duck Dynasty” star Sadie Robertson, who also recently had a role in a Hallmark channel
TV movie.

“Shooting the video for ‘The Long Way’ with @legitsadierob … this video is gonna be MAGIC,” Brett wrote in a September 20
Instagram post featuring a photo of him and the gorgeous Sadie, who also works as an inspirational speaker.

“Hey @bretteldredge, looks like a good day to shoot a music video. What do y’all say?” Sadie wrote on her Instagram page.

And while this seems to just be a fictional love story at this point, we do have to say that these two look awfully cute together.

Both Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley have take to instagram to show that even though we may know who they are, not everyone
in the US does. And to them, that’s humbling. Dierks Bently’s latest mishap with his name was done by one of his crew. When
they were setting up the stage and doing sound check, Dierks looked down and saw that someone misspelled his name on the tape
to mark his spot on stage. He posted the photo to his instagram and captioned the photo “Love it…Keeps ya humble!
#Dierk#Dericks”

Then Luke Bryan’s name was misspelled on a television news cast They spelled his last name Bryant instead of Bryan. He shared
the photo to instagram and captioned it “I guess I’m still working to get people to know who I am.”

With our noses buried in social media where every internet troll, hater and shamer has been given a platform to broadcast
their negativity, it can be difficult to remember that there is still goodness in the world. But if you pay attention as you
scroll through Instagram, Tim McGraw reminds us that love and romance are very much alive, and he sees them in his beautiful
wife, Faith Hill.

To celebrate his bride’s September 21 birthday, Tim shared a breathtaking image of the Mississippi girl, and also composed
a sentiment worthy of the great poets.

“Happy birthday to the most beautiful girl in the world,” he wrote on the occasion of her 50th birthday. “You are the most
remarkable person that has ever been in my life … Our daughters could not have a better role model. I am truly in love with
you more every day. Can’t wait to see what ‘the rest of our life’ has in store for us.”

We can’t wait either!

While none of us know what life has in store for Tim, Faith or anyone else, we do know that this gorgeous couple continues
on their “Soul2Soul Tour” until October 27. We also know that on November 17, we’ll get a behind-the-scenes peek at the tour,
and Tim and Faith’s seemingly fairy tale life, in the new Showtime special, “Tim &amp; Faith: Soul2Soul.”

We suppose Tim and Faith deserve a little break after their amazing year, but we won’t hate it if something else comes up.

In the meantime, though, happy birthday to one of country music’s most beautiful, kind and talented songbirds, Faith Hill.

Last night on Jimmy Fallon was a big night in the country music world. Little Big town, Kasey Musgraves and Midland went on
the popular show to announce they are touring together! They sang bits of their biggest songs on the show to tease what their
tour will be like and it looks like its going to be one big party…